Oxlee History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Oxlee

What does the name Oxlee mean?

The name Oxlee has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in the parish of Bysshebury in Staffordshire, where they held lands and a family seat at Oxley. Oxlee is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. In this case the original bearers of the surname were the dwellers near the ox-meadow.

Early Origins of the Oxlee family

The surname Oxlee was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Oxlee family

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Oxlee Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Oxlee have been found, including Oxley, Oxly, Oxleigh and others.

Early Notables of the Oxlee family

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Migration of the Oxlee family

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Oxlee, or a variant listed above: Elizabeth Oxley her husband Thomas and daughter settled in Portsmouth Virginia in 1820; Thomas and Margaret Oxley settled in Maryland in 1731; William Oxley settled in New Jersey in 1677..